Phenomeno:Case 05 - Revision history

Pakkit at 12:00, 17 November 2024

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Pakkit at 10:21, 20 June 2024

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	The cat meowed in a quiet and lovely way at Ooki’s remarks. That face was really quite lovely. After that, I couldn’t really say anything anymore.		The cat meowed in a quiet and lovely way at Ooki’s remarks. That face was really quite lovely. After that, I couldn’t really say anything anymore.

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	Cats.		Cats.
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	To this day, I'd never kept a cat after Momo, and I thought I'd never keep another one in my life.		To this day, I'd never kept a cat after Momo, and I thought I'd never keep another one in my life.

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	Miiko was actually, a pretty adorable cat.		Miiko was actually, a pretty adorable cat.
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	But the promised two, three days passed, and Ooki didn’t show his face.		But the promised two, three days passed, and Ooki didn’t show his face.

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	At the end of September, my second semester had started, my daily life became even more hectic than usual. I had wholeheartedly swallowed my senior's advice to take as many credits as I could in my first year and ended up taking a boatload of classes. I was doing my part-time job at the Italian restaurant in order to pay for my living expenses and fulfill my debts. The formality of having to attend beatnik society meetings, and in the shadows of that, posting articles for the occult site Ikaigabuchi. In particular, more than half of the Fafrotskies literature was yet to be translated, I felt I had become a staff member of the English literature club rather than an occult website.		At the end of September, my second semester had started, my daily life became even more hectic than usual. I had wholeheartedly swallowed my senior's advice to take as many credits as I could in my first year and ended up taking a boatload of classes. I was doing my part-time job at the Italian restaurant in order to pay for my living expenses and fulfill my debts. The formality of having to attend beatnik society meetings, and in the shadows of that, posting articles for the occult site Ikaigabuchi. In particular, more than half of the Fafrotskies literature was yet to be translated, I felt I had become a staff member of the English literature club rather than an occult website.
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	After I handed it to her, Yoishi quickly took a sip and simply muttered, “Delicious”.		After I handed it to her, Yoishi quickly took a sip and simply muttered, “Delicious”.

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	Yoishi Mitsurugi went back home right away after finishing her second cup of tea.		Yoishi Mitsurugi went back home right away after finishing her second cup of tea.
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	Outside my apartment, I thought I heard the sounds of cats moaning together in heat.		Outside my apartment, I thought I heard the sounds of cats moaning together in heat.

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	“Did you go off to a strange place again?”		“Did you go off to a strange place again?”
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	It was already too late.		It was already too late.

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	The western building was crowded as ever late at night.		The western building was crowded as ever late at night.
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	“Meow.”		“Meow.”

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	The sound of someone’s footsteps.		The sound of someone’s footsteps.
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	She gave a complacent smile.		She gave a complacent smile.

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	I took the day off from class.		I took the day off from class.
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	Without knowing why, something told me that what was inside the bag was neither Momo, nor Miiko—but the woman I had seen in the club room -- the one with warped, black eyes.		Without knowing why, something told me that what was inside the bag was neither Momo, nor Miiko—but the woman I had seen in the club room -- the one with warped, black eyes.

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	In the end, I couldn’t even knock on Ooki’s door.		In the end, I couldn’t even knock on Ooki’s door.
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	Yoishi spoke with a sigh and turned back. Just like that, she put her hands in her pockets and walked away, looking somewhat pained.		Yoishi spoke with a sigh and turned back. Just like that, she put her hands in her pockets and walked away, looking somewhat pained.

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	It was a few days afterwards.		It was a few days afterwards.

Pakkit at 09:43, 16 December 2023

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	“Something resembling a stain that remained in this school. And the other ghost inside the clock tower.”		“Something resembling a stain that remained in this school. And the other ghost inside the clock tower.”

	With those words, I recalled the thing I'd seen that night when I'd left the clock tower -- something clinging to the old woman's leg. ‘Because it’s ~~funny~~, ~~isn’t it?’~~ The whisper ~~like voice~~ reverberated in my ears once more.		With those words, I recalled the thing I'd seen that night when I'd left the clock tower -- something clinging to the old woman's leg. ‘Because it’s fun, after all’, The whisper reverberated in my ears once more.

	“It certainly is a slightly troublesome ghost.”		“It certainly is a slightly troublesome ghost.”

Pakkit at 06:45, 29 April 2023

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	I frowned in the middle of my dinner, and glared at Ooki’s blood-red face.		I frowned in the middle of my dinner, and glared at Ooki’s blood-red face.

	Mitsuru Ooki was a freshman like me, an acquaintance who I met in the western building of the university.		Mitsuru Ooki was a freshman like me, an acquaintance who I met in the western club building of the university.

	It was mid-September and the university was still on summer break, but I was extremely busy spending my days in the western building translating English research materials. One day, when Krishna-san wasn’t around, I had left the door fully open to allow the fresh air in, and this guy, dripping in sweat staggered in. My first impression was that he was a weirdo, but after talking to him I found out that he was also a scholarship student, and like me, one of the few poor students from the countryside at our campus, who also lived alone – From then on – the conversation went well. During the summer vacation, this guy was drawing paintings silently alone in the art club room, and when he’d get lonely, he’d come to where I was, and then I started going to the art club room as well. Soon after that he started showing up to my apartment uninvited.		It was mid-September and the university was still on summer break, but I was extremely busy spending my days in the western building translating English research materials. One day, when Krishna-san wasn’t around, I had left the door fully open to allow the fresh air in, and this guy, dripping in sweat staggered in. My first impression was that he was a weirdo, but after talking to him I found out that he was also a scholarship student, and like me, one of the few poor students from the countryside at our campus, who also lived alone – From then on – the conversation went well. During the summer vacation, this guy was drawing paintings silently alone in the art club room, and when he’d get lonely, he’d come to where I was, and then I started going to the art club room as well. Soon after that he started showing up to my apartment uninvited.

Pakkit at 14:32, 24 April 2023

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Pakkit: /* Case 05: The Cat Mystery */

2023-04-22T10:22:45Z

Case 05: The Cat Mystery

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	We had a female cat called Momo.		We had a female cat called Momo.

	Momo was originally a cat that my older sister, who was in her third year of junior high school at the time, had found; she was a pretty smart and friendly cat that got along well with humans. She was already an adult cat by the time she came to our house, but she learned where her litter tray was at once, and quickly learned what not to do – If you’d get mad at her once she would never do it again. She would rarely ever meow, and she’d humbly appeal for food with her eyes whenever she wanted to eat. My sister, the one who found her, got busy around those days -- dying her hair red, forming a gang of ladies that would later terrorize the Fujieda area, so in the end it was mostly up to me to take care of Momo. Out of everyone in my family, I think Momo felt the most attached to me.		Momo was originally a cat that my older sister, who was in her third year of junior high school at the time, had found; she was a pretty smart and friendly cat that got along well with humans. She was already an adult cat by the time she came to our house, but she learned where her litter tray was at once, and quickly learned what not to do – If you’d get mad at her once, she would never do it again. She would rarely ever meow, and she’d humbly appeal for food with her eyes whenever she wanted to eat. My sister, the one who found her, got busy around those days -- dying her hair red, forming a gang of ladies that would later terrorize the Fujieda area, so in the end it was mostly up to me to take care of Momo. Out of everyone in my family, I think Momo felt the most attached to me.

	And in those days, there was a girl in my primary school that I liked.		And in those days, there was a girl in my primary school that I liked.

Pakkit at 10:18, 22 April 2023

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	It was as if I couldn’t comprehend what had just happened in front of me.		It was as if I couldn’t comprehend what had just happened in front of me.

	Someone had jumped. From the roof. I heard a crunching sound. The sound of something being crushed. The sound of something bursting. However --- no one made a commotion. The students continued to laugh, as if nothing happened. They were laughing and murmuring, as if there was something fun going on. Apathy. Indifference. ~~insouciance~~. Even though someone fell. They paid no attention to events that didn’t concern them. To the very end, they shut themselves in their community. A community that I, and only I, could not enter. That's not true, is it? Even though someone fell down, why isn’t anyone coming to help?		Someone had jumped. From the roof. I heard a crunching sound. The sound of something being crushed. The sound of something bursting. However --- no one made a commotion. The students continued to laugh, as if nothing happened. They were laughing and murmuring, as if there was something fun going on. Apathy. Indifference. Insouciance. Even though someone fell. They paid no attention to events that didn’t concern them. To the very end, they shut themselves in their community. A community that I, and only I, could not enter. That's not true, is it? Even though someone fell down, why isn’t anyone coming to help?

	Feeling a cold isolation -- I timidly turned my eyes to face the spot where the girl had fallen.		Feeling a cold isolation -- I timidly turned my eyes to face the spot where the girl had fallen.

Pakkit: /* Case 05: The Cat Mystery */

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Case 05: The Cat Mystery

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	Well, certainly, there are a lot of cat related legends and ghost tales around the world.		Well, certainly, there are a lot of cat related legends and ghost tales around the world.

	Bakeneko<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakeneko)</ref>, Nekomata<ref>(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nekomata)</ref>, Cat Sith<ref>(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat-s%C3%ACth)</ref>, Kasha<ref>(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasha_(folklore))</ref>, Gotokuneko <ref>(https://yokai.fandom.com/wiki/Gotokuneko)</ref>, Kinkabyou<ref>Kinkabyou(Golden flower cat)</ref> – Those were all the ones I could remember for the time being, however, I suppose those legends came to be because cats have been around humans for a long time. They've shared so many stories with us that they've become a part of our folklore.		Bakeneko<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakeneko)</ref>, Nekomata<ref>(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nekomata)</ref>, Cat Sith<ref>(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat-s%C3%ACth)</ref>, Kasha<ref>(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasha_(folklore)</ref>, Gotokuneko <ref>(https://yokai.fandom.com/wiki/Gotokuneko)</ref>, Kinkabyou<ref>Kinkabyou(Golden flower cat)</ref> – Those were all the ones I could remember for the time being, however, I suppose those legends came to be because cats have been around humans for a long time. They've shared so many stories with us that they've become a part of our folklore.

	I spoke those thoughts to Yoishi -- That’s right, she nodded.		I spoke those thoughts to Yoishi -- That’s right, she nodded.

Pakkit at 06:01, 6 March 2023

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	The moment those words reached my heart, I forgot that I was standing in front of Yoishi, and... I burst into tears.		The moment those words reached my heart, I forgot that I was standing in front of Yoishi, and... I burst into tears.

Pakkit at 06:01, 6 March 2023

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	The moment those words reached my heart, I forgot that I was standing in front of Yoishi, and... I burst into tears.		The moment those words reached my heart, I forgot that I was standing in front of Yoishi, and... I burst into tears.